Barrel-truck



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W. H. BAIR 8: D. R. MANN.

BARREL TRUCK.

No. 537,625. Patent e-dApr.16,-1895.

STATES ATENT OFFIC WILLIAM H. BAIR AND DJLMA a. MANN, or BAXTER, IOWA.

BARREL-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 537,625, dated April16, 1895.

Application filed September 1, 1894, serial No, 521,902- (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. BAIR and DJLMA R. MANN, citizens of theUnited States of America, residing at Baxter, in the county of Jasperand State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Barrel-Truck, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, cheap and durabletruck that maybe employed to raise barrels, &c., and provided withwheels whereby they may be elevated to any desirable distance and movedover afloor and to provide such a truck with a detachable handle andmeans whereby the incline of the top of the truck may be readily, easilyand accurately adjusted so that the device may be used to place barrelsand the like thereon when the contents are being withdrawn and theincline of the barrel be adj usted, to accelerate or retard the flowtherefrom.

Our invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof the various parts of the device as hereinafter set forth, pointed outin our claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete device, showing thehandle in position. Fig. 2 isa side elevation of the truck in positionto support a barrel.

Referring to the accompanying drawings. the reference letter A is usedto indicate the side pieces of the frame which are provided with roundedshoulders A on their rear lower ends for purposes hereinafter explained.

A are the end pieces preferably hollowed in their top surfaces toreceive a barrel.

B indicates wheels mounted on the shaft 13 which has its hearings insaid side pieces.

0 indicates a support pivotally mounted at one end to said shaft andheld in place thereon by the collars G On its other end is formed adownwardly extending foot 0 C are plates secured to the sides of saidfoot and C are openings formed in the foot from its front end beneaththe plates. An opening 0 is formed in the plates to admit a bolt wherebythe handle, hereinafter described, may be connected therewith. I

D indicates a bridle fixed "to the forward cross piece of the frame withits end overlaping at the lower end two parallel plates adapted to enterthe openings 0 and a bore adapted to admit the bolt 0 so that the handlemay be readily detached.

I-I indicates a collar slidingly mounted on the handle and havingpivoted therein a hook H adapted to engage the chine of a barrel, sothat a pull upon the handle when the truck is in an upright positionwill turn the barrel on its side on top of the truck.

J indicates lugs fixed to the top of the rear cross piece and adapted tobe forced under the end of a 'barrel and to hold the barrel in positionon the truck.

In practical use the lugs are forced under a barrel standing on its end,the hook H placed in engagement with the upper edge or chine thereof andthe rounded shoulders A used as the fulcrum by which the barrel isplaced in a horizontal position on top of the truck. When moved to itsproper position, the bandle is detached by removing the bolt and thebarrel is secured at any desirable incline by first placing it inposition then tightening the thumb screw D Having thus described ourinvention, what we claim as'new therein, and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States therefor, is

1. The combination, of a truck mounted on wheels and having curved sidepieces as set forth, of a foot pivoted to the axle of the truck andextended to the forward end thereof, a bridle attached to the end of thetruck and projecting downwardly to overlap the end of the said foot, aset screw passed through the slot in the bridle and into the foot forthe purposes stated, and a handle detachably connected with the truck,for the purposes stated.

2. The combination with a barrel truck mounted on wheels, of a footpivotally IOO mounted on the axle of the truck and extended below theforward end thereof, a bridle fixed to the truck and overlapping saidfoot, a bolt fixed to the foot and extended through the slot in thebridle, a thumb nut on the end of said bolt, a handle having ahookslidingly mounted thereon, two plates projecting outwardly beyond theend of the handle and a bolt adapted to be passed through the saidplates and the foot for the purposes stated.

WILLIAM H. BAIR.

DJLMA R. MANN.

Witnesses: E. A; GOODWIN, JAMES ROBERTSON.

